D’Arcy Carden will be part of The Handmaid’s Tale’s televised revolution when the sixth and final season premieres this spring. The actress has joined the Emmy-winning Hulu drama in a guest starring role.
Carden joins Elisabeth Moss and company having just appeared in Netflix mega-hit Nobody Wants This, Dicks: The Musical and A Man on the Inside — though she is best known for her longtime roles on The Good Place, Barry and Amazon’s short-lived but much-loved remake of A League of Their Own. She also recently wrapped filming on Australian dramedy Sunny Nights, in which she stars opposite Will Forte.
Based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale was the first streaming series to win outstanding drama series at the Emmy Awards. Its final run has been a long time coming, having last aired a new episode back in autumn of 2022.
Just this week, Hulu announced the April 8 premiere for The Handmaid’s Tale’s endgame — simultaneously releasing a teaser trailer for the dystopian drama that’s only become more and more relevant since it premiered in 2017. The story of women enslaved and forced to carry children for the religious ruling class in an America that’s gone very far off the rails, the series — and its source material — predated the overturning of Roe vs. Wade and the widespread criminalization of abortion. The final season sees Moss’ June leading a rebellion to permanently change the fascist tides.
There aren’t any immediate details on Carden’s role in the series, but the show’s rich history tells us that, regardless of which side of the fight she’s on, she’ll most likely be in some sort of drapey garment.
Carden is represented by Rise Management, CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. The series finale of The Handmaid’s Tale drops May 27.
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